imperative
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin imperātīvus.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
imperative (comparative more imperative, superlative most imperative)
- essential
- It is imperative that you come here right now.
- (computing theory) Having a semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
- (grammar) of, or relating to the imperative mood
Translations [edit]
essential
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of, or relating to the imperative mood
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(computingimperative)
Noun [edit]
imperative (countable and uncountable; plural imperatives)
- (uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
- The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the imperative.
- (countable, grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
- (countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
- Visiting Berlin is an imperative.
Synonyms [edit]
- (grammatical mood) imperative mood
Derived terms [edit]
- first imperative (Latin grammar)
- second imperative (Latin grammar)
- categorical imperative
Coordinate terms [edit]
- (in grammar): assertoric, interrogative
Translations [edit]
imperative mood — see imperative mood
essential action
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Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
imperative f pl
- feminine plural of imperativo
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From imperātīvus (“commanded”), from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”).
Adverb [edit]
imperātīvē (not comparable)
- In an imperative manner, imperatively.
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- imperative in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879